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The Stone Monument of Glory

(花上野誉碑) (Hana no ueno homare no ishibumi)

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First Staged: 1789
Reference: Bunraku November 1992, February 1974 Performance Programs; Bunka dejitaru raiburarii; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976)

Written By: Shiba Shisō (司馬芝叟) , Tsutsui Hanbei (筒井半平) , Tankō Tazō (亶侯多蔵) , Tamaki [Fudeji?] (玉木筆二)

Performances:

• April 1972: The Stone Monument of Glory
• February 1974: The Stone Monument of Glory
• November 1992: The Stone Monument of Glory
• September 1997: The Stone Monument of Glory

Kashira:

• Genta (源太)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Onoemon (斧右衛門)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Kodanshichi (小団七)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Musume (娘)
• Masamune (正宗)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)

Characters:

• Gentazaemon (森口源太左衛門)
• Kanzo, Gentazaemon's retainer (門弟官蔵 (勘蔵))
• Kazuma, Naiki's Retainer (門弟数馬)
• Juzo, Naiki's Retainer (門弟十蔵)
• Naiki (槌屋内記)
• Chief priest (方丈)
• Suganoya, Naiki's wife (内記妻菅の谷)
• Unchiku, an acolyte (弟子僧雲竹)
• Nensai, an acolyte (弟子僧念西)
• Otsuji (乳母お辻)
• Botaro (民谷坊太郎)
• Danemon (門弟団右衛門)
• Shinobu, a maid (腰元信夫)

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